FEATURED, HABITAT
Caring for our Waterways
A recently completed project funded by the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation shows that Australia’s recreational fishing community are playing an ever-increasing role in caring for our fish stocks, and the rivers, estuaries and oceans that they live in.
FEATURED, SUSTAINABILITY
Murray Cod – A numbers game
Angler surveys are helping researchers to better understand if current management strategies will ensure the sustainability of Murray Cod. Recreational fishers have provided vital information to help researchers understand the impact of harvest, catch and post-release survival rates on Murray Cod fish populations in the Murray–Darling Basin (MDB). The results indicate Murray Cod can be [...]
FEATURED, SUSTAINABILITY
Collaboration is the key to better Murray Cod fishing
A partnership between researchers, anglers, river managers and government representatives has been established to secure the future of the iconic Murray Cod fish for both conservation and recreational fishing. Declines in the population of Murray Cod have led to its listing as a nationally threatened native fish species.Collaboration is the key to better Murray Cod [...]
FEATURED
Sending fish back to school to increase survival
Sending fish back to school to increase survival Matt Barwick, Recfishing Research If recreational fishing is Australia’s favourite pastime, then fish stocking would have to come a close second. More than 35 million native fish were stocked into waterways in the Murray-Darling Basin since 2001, and over 22 million fish were stocked throughout New South [...]
FEATURED
Individually we are one drop. Together we are a flooded Murray.
Individually we are one drop. Together we are a flooded Murray. Christopher Collins, Chair of the Murray-Darling Basin Recreational Fishing Council. If you’ve spent any time around the rivers and tributaries that form the Murray-Darling Basin you would know that fishing is the lifeblood of nearby rural communities. Recent research has shown that around 430,000 [...]
RECENT VIDEOS
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Podcast
How does the Fish Habitat Network benefit me as a recreational fisher
Posted on 14 November 2012
How does the Fish Habitat Network benefit me as a recreational fisher [ 19:05 ] Play Now | Download A lot of recreational fishers out there may not have heard of the Fish Habitat Network, which is a progressive group led by recreational fishers to help improve recreational fishing opportunities through restoring and enhancing fish [...] Continue Reading
Podcast
How do dams, road crossings and weirs affect my fishing?
Posted on 30 October 2012
How do dams, road crossings and weirs affect my fishing? [ 20:40 ] Play Now | Download Today we talk to Tim Marsden, Senior Researcher with the Queensland Government’s Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, to learn a bit about how dams and other barriers can impact on recreational fishing, and what can be done [...] Continue Reading
Podcast
Does habitat rehabilitation improve my fishing
Posted on 30 October 2012
Does habitat rehabilitation improve my fishing [ 17:22 ] Play Now | Download Today we are looking at fish Habitat rehabilitation, now you may think that it’s a doom and gloom story for our waterways but fact there are not only good stories but it’s amazing how with a little effort fisherman can make an [...] Continue Reading
NEWS
Angling for Conservation – Final Report Updated
Posted on 05 October 2012
New study shows recreational fishers are playing an increasingly important role in caring for our fish stocks and waterways. A recently completed project funded by the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation has shown that Australia’s recreational fishing community play an increasingly important role in caring for our fish stocks, and the rivers, estuaries and oceans [...] Continue Reading
NEWS
New study shows recreational fishers are playing an increasingly important role in caring for our fish stocks and waterways
Posted on 26 September 2012
New study shows recreational fishers are playing an increasingly important role in caring for our fish stocks and waterways. A recently completed project funded by the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation has shown that Australia’s recreational fishing community play an increasingly important role in caring for our fish stocks, and the rivers, estuaries and oceans [...] Continue Reading
NEWS
I Fish and I Vote – Recreational anglers as advocates
Posted on 19 June 2012
The role of recreational anglers in the conservation and management of fish and their habitats is not limited to participation in on-ground activities. The importance of advocacy in influencing the very policies and legislation that govern recreational anglers’ access and use of resource, in addition to how habitats are protected and managed, cannot be underestimated. [...] Continue Reading
NEWS
Australian Land-Based Anglers Association – Ledgecare Program
Posted on 19 June 2012
If Ian Kiernan, yachtsman, builder, every-day Aussie bloke and founder of Clean up Australia Day has taught us one thing, it is that a single individual can make a big difference. Ian resolved to do something about cleaning up our planet whilst competing in a solo around-the-world yacht race in 1986/87. Ian looked forward to [...] Continue Reading
NEWS
Improved Technologies – Innovations in Sustainable Fishing Gear
Posted on 19 June 2012
You only have to look at the rows and rows of products which would look at home in any space station that adorn tackleshop shelves to know that anglers are early adopters of new technology. However there has been an interesting shift in new tackle development over recent years, with discerning anglers selectively using products [...] Continue Reading
NEWS
Determining optimal stocking rates for Murray cod in the Dumaresq River: The Study of an Icon
Posted on 19 June 2012
With between four and five million recreational fishers in Australia, angling is undoubtedly Australia’s favourite pastime. And considering the number of fish that are stocked into our waterways every year in the name of fisheries enhancement, it would seem that fish stocking might come a close second. Since 2006 over twenty-two million fish were stocked [...] Continue Reading
NEWS
Helping fish to get over their problems; Installation of a new fishway and offtake on Tallowa Dam, Shoalhaven River.
Posted on 19 June 2012
The Shoalhaven River is a large, beautiful and important system to the region of southeast New South Wales. The river begins its journey approximately 300 kilometres southwest of Sydney, flowing northwards through pastoral country near the sleepy town of Braidwood. From there the Shoalhaven carves through impressive gorge country near the town of Marulan, eventually [...] Continue Reading
NEWS
Barra like a bit of shade too! Anglers put the habitat back on 12 mile Creek
Posted on 19 June 2012
12 Mile Creek is located about 50km south of Rockhampton. The creek is very small with a catchment area of about 80km2 and only runs after rainfall events of around 100mm or more. Bill Sawynok, Director of Infofish Australia and driving force behind this project, explains: “Over 80% of habitat previously available to Barramundi in [...] Continue Reading
